Grain-separator.



' No. 815,017. v PATENTED MAR. 13, 1906.

e. E. HOLLIDAY.

GRAIN SEPARATOR.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 29, 1905.

' 3] n-oentoz v witnfioeo I v I UNITED -STATEISIPATENT; orrron GEORGE ROLL-1151 1, onnocx RAPIDS, IOWA. "f

"IQRVAIN-SEPABVATOR.

To all whom it may cancer-n: Be it known that I, GEORGE E. HOLLI- DAY, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Rock Rapids, in the county of Lyon and State .of Iowa, have invented new and useful Improvements in Grain-Separators, of which the following is a specificat1on.

This invention relates to improvements in separators for corn-shellers of that type wherein the shelled grain is fed to a'shakinge shoe or its equivalent for separating the grain from the chaff or refuse.

Heretofore it has been customary to em-' ploy astationary guide plate or chute beneath the delivery end of the feeder and adj acent to or below the shelling mechanism to guide the shelled grain to the shoe or other screening means or .to an outlet. The disadvantage of using such a fixed guide-plate is that the grain fre uently becomes clogged and obstructs the s eller.

The object of my invention is to providea guide or conductor plate which overcomes this objection and is adapted for use upon shellers operating'with or withouta shoe.

In the accompanyin drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a s eller embodying m invention, showing only so much of the shelling mechanism as is necessary to a full disclosure of the invention. Fig. 2 is avertical longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail section showing a modification.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, the numeral 1 denotes the sheller frame or casing 2, the feeder, consistin of the] usual endless belt or apron; 3, the s elling mechanism, and 4 the cob-conveyer, all of I which may be of any of the constructions in common use.

Secured tothe frame below the delivery end of the conveyer is a sup orting-plate 5, provided at its upper or free e ge with notches 6 for the free passage of the lugs or projecting fingers on the conveyer. 'Thisplate slidably supports the upper end of an inclined guide p ate or chute 7, which extends at a.

downward inclination'therefrom to the shoe or shaking-screen 8, which latter is disposed below the shelling mechanism and receiving end of the cob-conveyer 4. The plate 7 is provided with side guard-flanges 9 to prevent the escape ofgrain from the sides thereof, thus forming, in eifect,a grain-delivery pan. The intermediate surface of the late is also transversely corrugated t0 provi e a series of Specification of Letters Patentr Application filed July 29, 1905. Serial No. 271,720.

Jlat ented March-13, 1906.

steps-or projections 10 to shak'e'up and turn over the grain passing therefrom by gravity to the shoe v8, so thatthegrain will'be delivered to'the shoein' a spread orloosened-up condition.

The shoe 8 may be of any ordinary construction and, as shown, in the present instance comprises a horizontallyreciprocating box open at its upper side to receive the grain and provided with a screen 11. The

forward end of the box is closed, and the bottom wall 12 thereof is downwardly and rearwardly inclinedv and cut away at its rear end to form an outlet 13 for the discharge of the screened grain. The shoe is supported from the frame by pivoted suspending hangers or links 14 and receives motion from. a suitably-driven crank-shaft 15.

through the medium of connecting-rods 16. The guide-plate 7 is pivotally attached at its lower end, as shown at 17, to the inner end of the shoe, so as to move therewith. By this construction the shoe when reciprocated imparts a' reciprocating and tilting motion to the guide-plate 7, and as the grainfeeds downward over the surface of said plate it 1s loosened up and unobstruotedly fed forward to the screen and choking of the sheller bythe undue accumulation of grain effectually prevented.

The guide-plate may be applied to shellers operating without a shoe bysimply providing a different arrangement of op eratin mech anism, as shown in Fig. 3; In this gure I have shown an operating-shaft dis osed beneath and in rear of the plate, sai shaft 18 having cranks to which are attached connecting-rods 19, jointedto the lower end of the plate. Any ordinary equivalent construction of operating mechanism may be substituted for this type of operating mechanism-such, for instance, as an eccentric suitably connected with the plate; or any known construction-of knocker mechanism maybe employed. Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. In a corn sheller, a shaking shoe, a guide-plate slidably supported at its upper end, and means for connecting the-lower end of said plate with the shoe to im art reci rocatory and tilting motion to sai plate w en the shoe is reciprocated.

2. In a corn-sheller, a frame, a stationary supporting member on the frame, aninclined gram-delivery plate slidably supported at its upperend by said supporting member, and

means for im arting sliding and tilting motion to said p ate.

3. In a corn-sheller, a frame, a feeder, an inclined guide and supporting late carried by the frame and provided Wit notches to permit passage of the feeder, an inclined grain-delivery pan slidably supported at its upper end by said plate, and means pivotally connected With the lower end of the pan for r o imparting a sliding and tilting motion thereto.

4. In a corn-sheller, a frame, a corn-conveyer, and shelling mechanism, in combinatlon With an inclined supporting-plate 311' 

